Chapter 497 - 496
If it were up to Ye Tian, he wouldn’t care how precious something is or whether it’s a cultural relic. If he really got annoyed, I bet even the one-of-a-kind "Brahmayan" would end up being used as toilet paper in his bathroom.
On the fifth floor, Ye Tian finally slowed down his hurried steps. The Eastern Gallery indeed exuded the slow-paced aura of Huaxia, with decorations similar to those of the Imperial in the Imperial Capital. Clearly, these decorations were intended for Huaxia visitors. Sure enough, looking around, most of the tourists were Asians with yellow skin. The Caucasians seen on the levels below were a rare sight here.
Ye Tian walked in, moving slowly through the crowd. Compared to paintings, most of the artifacts here were smaller and more disconnected items. Take the hairpins, for instance, which were small but in ancient times were managed by specialists. Especially for maids in large estates, if they carelessly lost a hairpin weighing less than two taels, a harsh beating was inevitable, without any chance to fight back. This was a political feature of Huaxia.
Most of the crowd was gathered around a painting, and Ye Tian, standing in the middle, just went along with the crowd. With so many people around, no one would notice if one or two were robbed - it would be like saving my life, Ye Tian almost blurted out "save me."
The gallery was as spacious as ever, even larger than the four floors he had passed on the way up. Moreover, it was quite sophisticated. The floor wasn’t tiled but laid with limestone slabs, cool in summer and warm in winter. Not only were they used in bedrooms, but they also served as an attractive gimmick for museums like this one.
This was a triangular bronze tripod. Ye Tian stopped to take a closer look, approaching the glass case closely.
"Hey, sir, we meet again."
Ye Tian turned to see it was the same person he had encountered in the lobby. The man was holding a Nikon facing him. Subconsciously, Ye Tian covered his face with his hand and stepped aside, "What are you doing?"
The man seemed perplexed by the question and just shrugged, his face innocent, "Sir, I didn’t mean to do anything to you. I just wanted to say hello."